Mathematicians

From India

Shakuntala Devi

1929–2013 · Bengaluru

Known as the “human computer”, in 1980 at Imperial College London she multiplied two 13-digit numbers in her head in 28 seconds.

She also wrote popular books of puzzles and mental arithmetic.

Shakuntala Devi

Central News Agency (Taiwan), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Where you’ll meet Devi here

AlgebraLogicCounting

They turn up beside problems and lessons on these topics.

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Fibonacci

c. 1170–c. 1250 · Pisa

His Liber Abaci (1202) helped bring Hindu–Arabic numerals to Europe.

Its rabbit puzzle gives 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, …, numbers Indian scholars had already met while counting rhythms in poetry.

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Fibonaccic. 1170–c. 1250Pisa

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